It seems like former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo has done more than simply fallen from grace when he landed on the even lower-rated NewsNation. He has also lost any kind of discerning journalist eye he may have once possessed, as now, the once respected newsman apparently can’t tell the difference between AOC and an”AI-OC.”
Cuomo has been mercilessly mocked — including by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez herself — after he fell for a deepfake video of the progressive firebrand denouncing Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad campaign as “Nazi propaganda.”
Cuomo posted a video to his X account Wednesday showing the New York pol making crude references to female body parts while speaking about Sweeney’s photo shoot on the House floor. Cuomo retorted under the video: “Nothing about Hamas or people burning Jews’ cars. But Sweeney jeans ad? Deserved time on floor of Congress? What happened to this party? Fight for small business … not for small culture wars.”
Cuomo failed to notice that the AI-generated video bore a clear watermark stating it was “parody 100% made with AI.”
The supposed hard-hitting journalist also apparently forgot that Congress is not in session.
Ocasio-Cortez responded to Cuomo’s post, stating: “This is a deepfake dude. Please use your critical thinking skills. At this point, you’re just reposting Facebook memes and calling it journalism.”
The controversial American Eagle’s ad campaign features Sweeney making a tongue-in-cheek reference to having “great jeans,” using wordplay between the denim wear and genetics. It has sparked a culture war online between “woke” commentators and right-leaning social media users.
After the embarrassing gaffe, Cuomo acknowledged his error and removed the original post. However, his response attempted to shift focus back to his original criticism of the congresswoman regarding the Israel-Hamas war.
“You are correct… that was a deepfake (but it really does sound like you). Thank you for correcting. But now to the central claim: show me you calling on Hamas to surrender or addressing the bombing of a car in St Louis belonging to the IDF American soldier?…dude?” he wrote.
Cuomo was referring to a recent incident in Clayton, Mo., where several cars outside the home of an American who once served in the Israeli military were set on fire and defaced with “Death to the IDF” graffiti in what authorities are investigating as a hate crime and act of antisemitic intimidation.
The congresswoman, who has criticized Israel’s military action in Gaza to root out Hamas terrorists following the Oct. 7 massacre, delivered a sharp response.
“You seem to struggle with knowing how to write an apology. Do you need help? Maybe you should call someone,” she replied.
“I was wrong,” Cuomo admitted. “AOC gave me a smack today because I tried to give her a smack first.”
But again, he went on to insist that the lawmaker “also ain’t right” because she “ignored the part of the tweet that mattered” — namely his demand that she “call on Hamas to surrender to end the war they started” as well as to condemn the Clayton, Mo., incident.
Cuomo’s protestations did little to shield him from being mercilessly mocked online.
Piers Morgan, the British media personality who, like Cuomo, is a former CNN primetime host, suggested Cuomo should focus less on personal conflicts and more on identifying obvious fakes.
“Oh dear,” Morgan wrote on X, adding several laughing hysterically emojis.
He urged Cuomo to “perhaps spend less time bitching about me and more time trying to spot obvious fakes…”
Cuomo replied to Morgan, writing: “You got me…silly clip i didnt pay attn to….and I wont block you for saying so…see how easy that is, my yappy friend?”
Tim Miller from the “Never Trump” publication the Bulwark expressed concern about the larger implications, writing on X: “It doesn’t auger well for our societal AI future if a professional news anchor gets tricked by a video that has a ‘100% parody’ watermark.”
This is not the first time the ex-CNN actor and AOC have clashed. In June, Cuomo blasted Ocasio-Cortez as “deranged” after the New York City mayoral candidate whom she endorsed in the Democratic primary, state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, defeated his brother.
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